Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Tahoe Rim Trail
7.8 mi · ▲ 1,151 ft · 3 hr 11 min
Tahoe Rim Trail is a 7.8-mile out-and-back in Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit near Kings Beach, CA. It climbs 1,151 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi6,414 – 7,038 ft8.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 39.24538, -120.02436
Nearest town Kings Beach, CA
Directions
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Tahoe Rim Trail
7.8 mi · ▲ 1,151 ft · 3 hr 11 min
Elevation 6,415–7,039 ft
Out & Back · Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit
Trailhead: 39.24538, -120.02436
Weather Sep 4: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Fox, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp right, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.7 miBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 1.1 miSharp right onto Tahoe Rim Trail, heading W.
- 450 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 100 ftBear right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 450 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 1.1 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.7 miBear left onto Lake Vista Road, heading E.
- 100 ftBear right, heading E.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading S.
- 0.3 miSharp left onto Beaver Tail Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 300 ftContinue straight onto Fox, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Other ways to reach this destination
- 2.3 mi · loop · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.4 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.5 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
- 2.6 mi · out & back · via Tahoe Rim Trail
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- Chipmunk via Old Grist Mill Road 1.9 mi · ▲ 345 ft
- Old Grist Mill Road 3.4 mi · ▲ 447 ft
- Beaver Street Extension 3.4 mi · ▲ 741 ft
- Beaver Street Extension Loop 3.5 mi · ▲ 744 ft
- Old Grist Mill Road 3.5 mi · ▲ 450 ft
- Beaver Tail Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 450 ft
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